A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 196 After the War
After killing the ghost ghost, Asai Nagamasa left Shima Sakon, Miyabe Tsujun and others to lead troops to recruit prisoners and clean up the battlefield. He himself continued to advance with some troops who had not participated in the battle much and had sufficient physical strength. The Hexagon Army Such a huge defeat was officially the best time for him to expand his territory!
Before this battle, among the twelve counties of Omi Province surrounding Lake Biwa, the Asai family only owned three counties: Asai, Ika, and Sakata. However, he first defeated the Rokkaku family's [-]-strong army at the foot of Mount Sawa Castle, and then took advantage of the situation and defeated [-] troops in Norada. Three armies.

In addition to the 1000 members of the Kuchiki Corps who were saved when the situation turned bad, only the Kamao Corps, which had besieged the city and built a dam from beginning to end and did not participate in the battle at all, remained intact. However, Rokkaku Yoshiken's main force, which had the largest number of people, waited for him to escape to Kannonji Castle. At that time, there were only a few less than 100 people around.

Nagamasa Asai also quickly continued to advance westward after the war. A few days later, the Asai family army occupied Inugami County, Aichi County and Kanzaki County in one go.

Because of the mobilization order issued by Rokkaku Yoshihide, all the samurai and ashigaru in these three counties have been mobilized. The few remaining defenders either surrendered upon hearing the news or resisted a little, and were easily defeated by the Asai army. beat.

Even though the Rokkaku family has ruled Minamiomia for hundreds of years, it has not really cultivated much loyalty. Although there is indeed a small number of die-hard elements, when thousands of troops arrived, most of them still chose to pursue their own interests. And made the best choice.

If many retainers felt like they were dreaming about the victory in the Battle of Norada, and they still couldn't believe it until a few days later, but after actually occupying the three counties, they all understood that under the leadership of the young master, Our family has truly risen!

Even if the 5000 people of the Kamao Army had not retreated to the front of Kamao County and defended the border tightly, it would not have been completely impossible for Asai Nagamasa to attack from Sawayama Castle directly to Kannonji Castle in one go.

After leaving behind [-] troops and ordering Shimazakon to temporarily guard Kanzaki County, Asai Nagamasa temporarily led his troops back to Otani Castle, waiting for the next opportunity to attack.

The Kamao County opposite is the political, economic and military center of the Minami Omi Rokkaku family. Their home base, Kannonji Castle, is located there, and the Kamao family's Hino Castle is also located here, so it is also the most heavily defended.

At the end of the powerful crossbow, the force could not penetrate Lu Zhen, so there was no need for him to rush for this moment.

And once Kamao County is captured, the entire Rokkaku family will have almost no resistance. At that time, the Asai family will march in and directly destroy the Rokkaku family.

That would be too sensitive, because Kyoto is right next to it.

Forget about the forces that were originally close to Kyoto, if the foreign daimyo did this, might they not want to go to Luo?
By then, many Kinki forces, including the Miyoshi family, which has already regarded Kyoto and the shogun as forbidden enemies, and the Ishiyama Honganji Temple, will probably gather their troops as soon as possible to prepare for a decisive battle with the Asai family, and even form a siege network. It is not completely impossible to attack the Asai family in groups.

Even though the Honganji family, the Miyoshi family, and the Rokkaku family are usually hostile to each other and have many conflicts and battles, when facing outsiders, even if they do not immediately form an alliance due to past conflicts, they will definitely do so. Fight it in your own way.

Even if Asai Nagamasa successfully withstood this wave with his extraordinary strength, the Asai family would definitely suffer heavy losses. He was just a pioneer for the king and made wedding clothes for others in vain.

And next to Kamao County is Koga. If you push too hard and let Rokkaku Yoshihide jump over the wall and risk the world's disapproval, ask all 53 Koga families to take action at any cost, and use dark means such as assassination and poisoning, it will be quite a big deal. Big trouble.

Although I am fearless, it is difficult for the many retainers of my family to escape unscathed from the Koga ninjas.

Therefore, after holding several discussion meetings with Numata Yumitsu, Shima Sakon, and other retainers, they unanimously decided to suspend military operations, even Isono Danmasa had no objection to this.

Of course he hates the Rokkaku family the most among his family, but his hatred will not overwhelm his reason.

However, after taking these three counties, since there has not yet been a formal land inspection, I don’t know the specific number of stone heights, but I dare not say if there are more than [-] to [-] stone.

In addition to the part of the house obtained from the Liujiao family, even if part of it is used to reward the retainers, Asai Nagamasa can gain a lot. After all, he is a daimyo. In addition to land, it includes captives, gold, silver and food. , the big head is all his.

In this battle, a large number of elite ashigaru stood out from it, coupled with the infantry who had already experienced several battles, with them as the core, Nagamasa Asai will soon be able to continue to expand the army.

It just so happened that according to the preliminary statistics of Yuguang Numata, in addition to capturing the young master of the Rokkaku family Yoshiharu Rokkaku and his important minister Kentoyo Goto, they also captured tens of thousands of samurai and ashigaru this time.

Even if they are not as good as Asai Nagamasa's professionally trained infantry who can be recruited into the army by Liujiao Yixian, they are at least young and middle-aged. After ensuring their loyalty, they will be a very suitable source of soldiers.

The war focused on population, food and resources. Now the Asai family has almost the same amount of stone as the Rokkaku family. There is no shortage of food. Coupled with this post-war harvest, their reserves have been enriched. In terms of population, the newly occupied After conquering three counties and taking over [-] prisoners, there was no shortage of them.

However, the Rokkaku family's defeat caused them to lose nearly [-] young men at once. How could they fight against the Asai family next?

But for now, Asai Nagamasa first handed over 2000 people around the island to build temporary fortifications in Kanzaki County to prevent Rokkaku Yoshihide from jumping over the wall.

He also gave 1000 people to Isono Danmasa to repair the Sawa Mountain Castle that was damaged in the war. The remaining more than [-] prisoners were all brought back to Otani Castle by him to prepare to be used as labor force.

He had previously thought about building roads, establishing complete sewers in Odani City, and digging a canal or even a river leading to Lake Biwa. These prisoners came in handy.

Speaking of which, in this great battle, the Asai family defeated nearly [-] Rokkaku family soldiers. However, after the war, statistics showed that only more than one-sixth of them were actually killed on the spot.

And almost half of them were the work of Miyabe Tsurujun's iron artillery team. Some of the rest were killed by ghosts, and some were trampled to death while fleeing.

Only more than 1000 people were actually killed by swords and guns.

But even at this ratio, the Rokkaku family's army was still defeated thousands of miles away, which made people lament how unreliable the ashiqing was.

After knowing this specific number, many retainers looked at each other for a while. Is this the Rokkaku family, a famous family that has been passed down for hundreds of years and has suppressed the family for decades?

The Lord achieved such a great victory with only [-] professional infantry as the vanguard. If this number were expanded tenfold, wouldn't it be possible to sweep the entire Kinki region immediately and even dominate the world?

When they thought of this, all the retainers felt hot in their hearts, and they secretly made up their minds to respond to the lord's call and cultivate some real professional infantrymen, even if they were trying to sell iron!
Soon, the general course of the Battle of Norada, as well as the final result, were quickly presented to many surrounding daimyo.

The first reaction of most of them was that it was impossible. The Asai family has always been famous for being weak, and Ishigao was only about half of the Rokkaku family. There was a huge difference in strength. They had always relied entirely on the Asakura family. Shelter can be maintained until now.

No matter how they think about it, they can't figure out why this is the result.

Perhaps the battle under Sawayama Castle can be understood as the Asai Army using a sneak attack, but in the Noragada battle, they were an upright decisive battle. However, the Asai Army, which was smaller in number, actually defeated the Hexagon Army head-on. Even the loss is not particularly big!
This left them puzzled. Could it be that that man really had divine help?I didn't expect that big fool Owari to be the first to see through the other party!
Now that the Liujiao family has lost three counties at one time, they are retreating in Gamo County, relying on favorable geographical conditions to defend, while the Asai family seems to be still preparing for war, and the offensive and defensive momentum of both sides has reversed. In this way, it may be time to re-examine the relationship with Asai It’s about family.
With a large number of ninjas running around with information, the name of "Dragon of Omi" Asai Nagamasa was quickly spread throughout the Kinki region and even the entire Nippon.

Previously, Oda Nobunaga claimed that he was the Dragon of Omi. Many people just laughed and forgot about it. After all, he was just the young master of the Kitaomi Asai family at the time. How could he be qualified to use the title "Dragon"? "Character?But now many people feel that he is fully worthy of this title!

The Asakura family, who had been allies for generations, was the first to react. Asakura Kejing, who was barely a half-acquaintance, came to congratulate him with a large number of gifts, and once again reiterated that the friendship between the two families would always be so strong.

Several letters arrived from the Saito family at the same time, from the former family governor Saito Michizan, the current family governor Saito Yoshiryu, and the wise man Takenaka Hanbei who humbly called him his younger brother in front of Asai Nagamasa.

The first two are congratulations, but one is sincere and invites Asai Nagamasa to visit his Sagiyama Castle again at any time, while the latter is very polite in the letter.

Although Saito Yoshiryu is still Asai Nagamasa's brother-in-law, to be honest, they have never met each other, so naturally there is not much affection between them.

Takenaka Hanbei was different. In addition to congratulations and compliments, he was very interested in the process of Asai Nagamasa's defeat of the Hexagon Army, and said that he had made some progress in Onmyojitsu, but at the same time he also had many questions and wanted to go ahead in person. I came to visit because I was afraid of disturbing Asai Nagamasa, after all, he is now the famous name of the Asai family.

Asai Nagamasa naturally expressed his welcome. Although his time is precious and his energy is limited, it depends on who he is targeting. If it is a hero like Takenaka Hanbei, no matter how limited his time is, he will still show extreme welcome.

Kai Town, Kyoto, Miyoshiya, Ishiyama Gobo, Kofukuji Temple, Nagashima Castle, Izumo, Kiyosu Castle, Kasugayama Castle, Zaga Castle, Iga no Sato, Koka no Sato.
In addition to the many forces in Kinki, even more remote places have gradually begun to focus on the Omi area. Unknowingly, the actions of Asai Nagamasa and the Asai family have affected the hearts of many people.

Not only because Asai Nagamasa defeated the Rokkaku family, one of the most powerful daimyo in Nippon, in one battle, but also because when Rokkaku Yoshiken fled in the end, he defeated the monster that suddenly appeared.

For some caring people, they began to pay more attention to Asai Nagamasa's other identity - the legendary Onmyoji.

After all, demons and ghosts have appeared more and more frequently throughout Nibon. No matter how fanciful they are, they have gradually realized that a dangerous era seems to be coming.

Even in the Ishiyama Gobo, the headquarters of Iichizo Honganji Temple, there was a heated debate that had just ended at this moment.

The gray-haired old monk was very disappointed, and looked at the first young monk with sadness: "So, Master, my son, and those hundreds of elite monks, did they die in vain? ?”

The young monk is the contemporary head of Ichigosong Honganji Temple, and the Honganji Temple appears. Hearing the words, he immediately chanted a Buddhist chant in a low voice: "Amitabha, Lord Cheng Hui, I fully understand your pain of losing your son, but we are currently There is no direct or indirect evidence that shows that the person who murdered them was Asai Nagamasa."

"Lord Satafu has just made it very clear that a monster suddenly appeared and killed those monks. The Zahe people had no choice but to flee. Moreover, Lord Satafu has already agreed and is willing to make sacrifices for this." Certain compensation.”

The middle-aged man next to him nodded repeatedly when he heard this: "Yes, Mr. Zhenghui of Yuanzheng Temple, please rest assured that since our mission has failed, I, Zahe City, and our Zahe people will definitely make compensation for this. .”

His attitude seemed extremely sincere, but the old monk Yuan Zhengji Zhenghui didn't appreciate it at all. He just glared at the other party fiercely: "Sutaki Suzuki is serious, don't think that I don't know your plan, I am from Jia I bought information from Ninja He, and you have a son and a daughter who are now in Xiaogu City!"

Even though he was called by his name by the other party, Suzuki Shigei still smiled and explained sincerely: "Sir Zhenghui, you have indeed misunderstood. They were hired by the Asai family to train iron artillery."

"And I have given them instructions privately. If possible, I will help you collect some relevant evidence. If the matter is really done by Asai Nagamasa, we Zahezhong will definitely not sit idly by and ignore it! "

The Buddhist master next to him, Honganji Xianru, nodded repeatedly after hearing this, obviously very much in agreement.

If the other party is still the weak Asai family from Kitaomi, it would be fine to call on the nearby Ichiko clan to put some pressure on the other party. But now that we know that the other party is an onmyoji with extremely powerful magic, how can we do this? Do you want to do something to make the other party angry?

Moreover, Mr. Satafu has made it very clear that the other party has nothing to do with this matter. It was just the passing monsters who killed people.

This Yuanzheng Temple Zhenghui just relied on his age and seniority to dare to treat him like this?It's so rude!
Although the attitudes of the two people in front of him were better than the other, Yuanzhengji Zhenghui had already seen through their minds, and he suddenly felt more and more heartbroken. The Ichikou Sect Honganji, which started by uniting to fight against samurai, ended up being defeated. Has it come to this?

With another cold snort, Yuanzhengji Zhenghui turned around and left: "Since neither of you want to get involved in this matter, then let me, the Yuanzhengji family of Nagashima City, fight against the evil Asai Nagamasa on my own!"

As soon as the old monk left, the expression on the face of the Buddhist master, Zhengru of Honganji Temple, instantly dropped: "Master Zhenghui, that's too rude."

Like most young family governors, although he succeeded as the Dharma Master at the age of 11 and showed quite outstanding abilities, there are still self-righteous veterans like Yuan Zhengji Zhenghui who dare to be rude to him.

They seem to have forgotten that no matter how much contribution they have made to the family, they are just ministers, and they are the real masters of the Honganji family!
Next to him, Suzuki Shigei was secretly happy, but on the surface he remained calm. He even expressed his feelings for Yuanzheng Temple Zhenghui: "Master, Master Zhenghui is actively opening up territory in Changdao City and promoting my His contribution to Zong’s faith is still very great, but this time it was just because of the pain of losing his son that he lost his composure a little."

It's okay if he didn't say it. After he said it, Honganji Xianru became even more angry: "Open up new territories? In the usual way?"

"How many times have I told everyone that Ichikui is the lowest level and the last resort. We should use it as a deterrent rather than using it to plunder the land belonging to the warriors!"

Yikui refers to the peasants' rebellion, while Yixiang Yikui refers to the rebellion participated or even led by Yixiangzong monks and believers.

This kind of behavior is extremely destructive and will greatly arouse the resentment, disgust, and even hatred of the warriors, because it will cause them to lose their fields and money, and even spend military funds to suppress it.

Therefore, Honganji Kenjo himself is actually very opposed to using this method. Since the Honganji family has become an official daimyo, they should use samurai methods to conquer the land.

But at present, except for Ishiyama Gobo under his control and Suzuki Shigei's Zaga Castle, no matter Kaga, Echizen, or Nagashima Castle, they have all ignored his earnest instructions. Not even willing to obey.

After taking several consecutive breaths, Honganji Kenru tried his best to regain his composure. He looked at Suzuki Shigei and immediately gave a categorical order: "Sir Satao, I don't care what role Asai Nagamasa played in this, I don't care. I won’t care about the dead monks in Nagashima City. The only thing I hope is that I, Ishiyama Gobo, can maintain a good relationship with them, and I also ask Mr. Satafu to help me!”

Suzuki Shigei suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and realized that the other party must have known something for a long time, but he had never said it out loud.

But at least his goal has been achieved. After passing all this information to His Highness Asai, it will definitely show his goodwill, right?

"Yes, Master!"

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